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Mauritius is the getaway I did not know I always needed, and recently had the opportunity to visit La Plantation d'Albion, where my adventure began on the sandy dunes of Mauritius' west coast,…

An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen is seen on a kitchen table in Riga, Latvia on 06 August, 2023. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesHeather Le Biller shed 9 pounds within the first week of taking Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes…

High Street pharmacist Boots is offering points on purchases of addictive codeine painkillers – which customers can then use to buy ‘treats’.The firm gives about 24 Advantage Card points – worth 24p – to customers buying Boots Ibuprofen…

Opioids are ineffective treatments for back and neck pain, a new study shows.Prescription painkillers that have hooked millions of Americans over the past two decades have been shown to be no more effective at reducing neck and lower back…

When you are fully aware of what you want in life, the universe gives its all to get it to you. Just like that Nitin and Raya found true love in one another when they matched with each other on QuackQuack, a dating app. In their case, both…

Some vapes wrongly claiming to be 'nicotine-free' are being sold on Britain's high streets, analysis has revealed. Inter Scientific – which tests products to check whether they following regulations – examined more than 50 vape brands sold…

A Juul advertisement is seen on a grocery store on December 07, 2022 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York. AFP/FileSix states and the District of Columbia will receive $462 million from Juul as part of a…

An adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2019 bestseller, with queen of the page-to-screen success story Reese Witherspoon on board as executive producer and a no-expense-spared marketing campaign, the critics’ response to the show has…

Ever since the second season of Bridgerton landed on screens last spring—replete with secret assignations, lavish balls, and bees—fans of Shonda Rhimes’s record-breaking Regency romp have been counting down to its third,…

A Vancouver parent has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the makers of Fortnite, saying the popular video game is designed to be "as addictive as possible" for children.In the lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday,…